Peer’s son ‘took own life after suffering psychosis’

Lord Monson has begun a “war on skunk” following the death of his son, Rupert GreenREX/SHUTTERSTOCK

The son of an aristocrat killed himself after suffering psychosis which his family believe was triggered by smoking skunk cannabis, an inquest was told.

Rupert Green, 21, the son of Lord Monson, hanged himself in the garden of his mother’s home in Surrey. He died after five days on life support.

The hearing was told that he had threatened to kill himself several times in the months before his death in January last year and had spent three weeks in a mental health unit. His death followed that of Lord Monson’s other son, Alexander, 28, who was allegedly beaten in police custody in Kenya in 2012.